Box-fastener.



No. 745,986. PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903. W. A. ANGER & A. G. BRENOKLE.

BOX FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1902.

NO MODEL. 7 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

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No. 745,986. v PATENTED DEO.8, 1908. W. A. ANGER & A. G. BRENGKLE.

BOX FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1902.

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NO MODEL.

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UNITED Stems PATENT WALTER A. ANGER AND ARTHUR O. BRENOKLE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCON- SIN, ASSIGNORS TO PABST BREWING COMPANY, OF MIL'WAUKEE, NIS- OONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

BOX-=FASTEN ER.

SPECIFILGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 74 86. dated December 1903.

I Application filed August 9, 1902. Serial Noll8,977. (No model.)

1!) roll 1117mm Z715 Z/ OCT/WWW an opening 0, which affords access to the fas- Be it known that we, WALTER A. ANGER tening for sealing the same and fordisengagand ARTHUR O. BRENOKLE, citizens of the ing the latch to open the box or case.

United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the d is a springnlatch riveted or otherwise at- 5 county of liiilwaukee and State of \Visconsin, tached at one end to the inside of the front a have invented certain new and useful Imof the body and constituting one member of provements in Box-Fastenings, of which the the fastening. it is bent at an obtuse angle following is a specification, reference being adjacent to its attachment to the body and had to the accompanying drawings, forniinga near its free end is bent approximately at 10 part thereof. right angles, the offset portion being per- Our-invention relates tofastenings for boxes forated and the end preferably turned backor cases having hinged lids orcovers, and par- Ward to present a smooth rounded bearing ticularly to boxes or cases such as are used surface for engagement with the incline on for shipping bottled beer or the like and such the other member of the fastening. At the :5 asare customarily sealed to prevent access to opposite end said latch is bent outwardly their contents withont detection. into a prong or tenon, which is driven or in- The main objects of the invention are to sert-ed in the front a of the box or case, and produce a convenient, effective, simple, and thereby assists the rivets or other fasteninexpensive fastening that can be easily apings to hold the latch in place.

20 plied to a box or case and sealed and that eis a U-shaped strap or keeper which is will not be broken or injured by ordinary use secured in or to the front a of the box or case and handling. on the inside and through which the spring- It consists in certain novel features of conlatch (1 passes near its upper end. This strap strnction and in the arrangement and comor keeper serves to limit the rearward move- 25 binations of parts hereinafterparticularlydement of the latch and to guide and hold the scribed, and pointed out in the claims. same in proper working relation to the other In the accompanying drawings like letters member of the fastening.

designate the same parts in the several figfis a plate attached to the cover orlid b by ures. nails, rivets, screws, or other means and con- 0 Figure l is a vertical cross-section of our stituting the other member of the. fastening. 8o improved fasteningand a portion of a box or It may be conveniently and economically case to which it is applied on the linel 1, Fig. stamped out of sheet metal and is formed on Fig. 2 is a vertical section at right angles the upper orouter side with a cup-shaped tie to the section of l on the line 2 2, Fig. l. pression which corresponds with andis placed 35 Fi 3 is an inverted plan view of the cover opposite the opening a in the cover. it is 8 member of thefastcningand a portion ofthe also formed with a plain flat rim g around cover to which it is attached. Fig. 4 is plan said depression for attachingit to the cover. view of the same. Fig. 5 is a sectional view Aslot or opening his made through this plate, similar to Fig. l, but on a larger scale, of a on one side of the cup-shaped depression :0 modified form of the fastening. Fig. 6 is a therein, and an. inclined guideway 2', having 0 section on the line 6 6, Fig. '7, of the cover sides converging toward the sloth,is formed member; and Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the on the under or convex side of said plate to same. guide the end of the spring-catch d into said Referring to Figs. 1 to l, inclusive, of the slot when the cover Z) is closed. On the side 4.5 drawings, a designates the front of a box or of the slot h nearest the center of the box or case to which our fastening is applied, and 6 case the plate f is formed with an inturned the cover or lid, which is hinged to the back perforated earj approxiinately parallel with of the casein the usual or any suitable manthe rim g. The holes in the offset end ofthe ner. Near its front edge, where the fastencatch d and in the ear-j register with each 50 ing is to be applied, the cover is formed with other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when the X03 til catch is engaged with the platefand afford means for sealing the fastening, as shown in Fig. 1, with a wire or cord 7t and a lead or other suitable seal Z. The inclined or concave upper or outersurface of the platef below or adjacent to the ear j facilitates the insertion of the wire or cord 75 through the holes in the latch d and said ear, the end of the cord or wire being turned back by said inclined or concave surface, so that it can be readily grasped by the thumb and finger inserted through the opening 0 and the seal Z attached to the ends of said wire or cord.

The platef is formed with a drain-opening m to prevent waterfrom standing therein and rusting it. The edge of this opening next to the earj projects above the opposite edge in order to prevent the sealing cord or wire from entering said opening.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6, and 7, in place of the perforated earj next to the opening it, as shown in the preceding figures of the drawings, the platef may be formed with an intnrned projection or loop n at a distance from said opening for the purpose of sealing the fastening, as shown in Fig. 5. This projection or loop may be so cut from the plate and located in the lower part of the cup-shaped depression that the opening made by it in the plate will take the place and serve the purpose of the drain-opening m. The edge of this opening nearest the opening his bent upward, while the opposite edge is bent downward, as shown in Fig. 5, to direct the end of the sealing cord or wire over the drainopening.

It will be observed that the parts of the fastening being entirely within the box or case are protected thereby againstinjury and displacement and do not interfere with stacking or packing the boxes or cases close together for storage and shipment. The spring-latch d, terminating below the top of the box or case and being entirely within it when the cover Z) is open and thrown back, is not liable to be struck and broken or bent by outside objects, and the seal lying within the depression in the platef below the outer surface of the cover is protected and not liable to be broken by the handling and usage to which such boxes or cases are ordinarily subjected.

Various changes in minor details of construction may be made within the principle and intended scope of the invention.

We claim--- 1. A box-fastening composed of two members, one consisting of a spring-latch bent near its free end approximately at right angles, and the other consisting of an apertured plate lying across an opening in one wall of the box and formed on its under side opposite to said opening with an inclined'guideway with sides converging toward the aperture in the plate to direct the latch into the same, substantially as described.

2. A box-fastening composed of two members, one consisting of a spring-latch bent near its free end approximately at right angles, and the other consisting of a plate having a depressed face and an opening through it to receive said latch and formed on the opposite side to the depressed face with an inclined guideway with sides converging toward the opening in the plate to direct the latch into the same, substantially as described.

3. A box-fastening composed of a springlatch perforated and bent near its free end approximately at rightangles, and a plate having an opening for the engagement of said latch, an inclined guideway on its under side with sides converging toward said opening to direct the latch into it, and an inturned projection for sealing when the parts are engaged, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a box having a hinged lid with an opening through it near the edge opposite its hinges, of a fastening composed of a. spring-latch attached to the inside of the front of the box and bent near its opposite end approximately at right angles, a keeper also secured to the front of the box and confining the movable end of the latch in proper working relation to the other memberof the fastening, and a plate attached to the inside of the lid next to said opening and having a slot for the engagement of the latch and on its under side an inclined guiding-surface to direct the latch into said slot when the lid is closed, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we hereto affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER A. ANGER. ARTHUR (J. BRENCKLBJ.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. Goss, J 0s. A. Ronny. 

